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On May 15, business owners and professionals from North Carolina’s construction industry gathered at NC State’s Park Alumni Center for Ward and Smith’s 2025…

We are attorneys and don’t sell or broker insurance. Yet, we’re writing to alert business owners of a direct threat posed by a “set…

The North Carolina Bar Foundation recently featured the 2025 McIntyre Youth Leadership Challenge in a story celebrating the power of civic engagement and student…

Farming has always been hard work. But today, large-scale agricultural operations aren’t just production-focused—they’re complex businesses operating in a dynamic, heavily regulated environment. Sophisticated…

Ward and Smith is proud to announce that experienced labor and employment attorney and mediator, Will Oden, has been invited to join the American…

Six months into 2025, the workplace is shifting—fast. From sweeping executive orders on labor practices to new federal priorities on pay equity, workplace safety,…

The clock is ticking for covered employers to submit EEO-1 Component 1 reports. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) opened the 2024 EEO-1…